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Windows 7: BOOTMGR Is Missing Issues

OK, so I have been trying to delete a partition from my hard drive, and I have been unsuccessful. But I was reading online that you can't delete an active partition, which is what I was trying to delete. So I marked my other partition as active, and rebooted. But now, when my computer comes on it gives me the error BOOTMGR is missing, press CTRL blah blah blah. My computer did not come with a Windows 7 install disk, it was pre installed. All I have is a Windows XP, which I tried to use to install Windows 7 on a flash drive to boot and access Startup Recovery. My actions have been to no avail, because for some reason the Windows 7 iso I have downloaded is, according to Microsoft's program for booting Windows 7 from a flash drive, not an iso file, which it clearly is. Any ideas about my dilemma?

The Active flag points to the System partition which is what holds the boot files and boots Win7. You can't just change the Active flag without moving the System boot files too. Did you think about asking first before randomly changing things?

To do the necessary repairs now you'll need to use another PC to download and burn to DVD or write to flash stick the latest official Win7 installer for your licensed version, from Steps 1 and 2 of Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

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